Miri

Miri is a city in Malaysia and is in the northwest of the state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo. It is the capital of the administrative division of the same name and has approximately 300,000 inhabitants. The city is so after the capital of Kuching, the second largest city in Sarawak. Miri is a center of the Malaysian oil industry. The oil is extracted and processed here since 1910.

Geography

Miri is located on the South China Sea, near the border with the Sultanate of Brunei, and is located at the mouth of the eponymous river Miri.

History

The earliest traces of human settlement in the region can be found near the Niah caves and date back to 35,000 BC.

The first official Oil Fund of the British is dated to the year 1882. The local population used for medicinal purposes the oil. The industrial production and commercialization began in 1910, when a predecessor of today's Sarawak Shell granted the right to development. This was the starting point of the malayisischen oil industry.

During the Second World War, the small Dutch garrison surrendered after two days of fighting on December 17, 1941 2500 Japanese aggressors.

Population

The population consists mainly of Malays, indigenous Dayak and Chinese.

Traffic

The Miri airport is the third largest aircraft movements and passenger numbers after the fifth busiest airport in Malaysia.

Religion

Miri is the seat of the Diocese of Miri.

Attractions

Near the town of Gunung Mulu National Park with the Sarawak Chamber lie, the largest known underground cave chamber in the world and the extensive Niah caves, in which references were found on human settlement dating from 35,000 BC.

Sons and daughters of the city

• Alexander Edmondson (* 1993), Australian racing cyclist